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Re: Microsoft Streets & Trips 2013 - $15
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Is there an advantage, over using like Google maps?

Microsoft Streets & Trips 2013   from Microsoft. $15.

To me the advantage is when you are off-line.

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Re: Microsoft Streets & Trips 2013 - $15
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Is there an advantage [Microsoft Streets & Trips 2013], over using [something] like Google maps?
George

Personally my all time favorite, over anything else, is DeLorme's "Street Atlas USA". I've been using the various versions for the past six or eight years. You can use their GPS receiver and follow your route on a laptop while under way if you so desire.

Steve S.
Lazy Bones & Jiggs
Steve S.
Lazy Bones & Cedar
2004 30'IB (Island Bed)
Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery
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Re: Microsoft Streets & Trips 2013 - $15
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Yahoo Message Number: 135320
I am under the asumption, you can do the same with S&T...I hope...
But I have spent more than $15
Re: Microsoft Streets & Trips 2013 - $15
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Yahoo Message Number: 135321
My issue is that it requires MS operating systems.  If it would run on Apple OSs then I would  get it
Re: Microsoft Streets & Trips 2013 - $15
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Yahoo Message Number: 135322
Well, for me that would never be a issue. I am just waiting for the Surface Pro.  That will cover so many things for me. Of course, there are many paths to the same result.  I have a USB, GPS, I am pretty happy, all
Re: Microsoft Streets & Trips 2013 - $15
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I've ordered one to replace the 2006 version I'm using. Besides working offline, it has some drawing and annotation features I use that are not as convenient, or not available, on Google maps. For navigating, I use a Tom Tom or Garmin GPS.

Eric Greenwell
2005 Jayco 24SS
Re: Microsoft Streets & Trips 2013 - $15
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Yahoo Message Number: 135327
One could opt to buy the TomTom bluetooth gps receiver for about the same price and never be off line and have the advantage of having more up to date maps and the choice of google, mapquest, bing, or yahoo maps:
 http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords=++B007B2QDFQ

Michelle Ress 1982 22 footer
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Re: Microsoft Streets & Trips 2013
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Ed,

Thanks for the "heads up" and the  link.
 I got my first version (2001?) of S&T for free on a new computer and have purchased updated versions every couple of years.  It is out primary navigation tool when we travel.  We run it on a laptop with a GPS receiver connected.  The laptop sits on a table mounted to the LD dog house.  We tried a couple of similar software programs and have had several "hardware type" GPS units but S&T is still our work horse.
 The thing we like about S&T is the ability to plan detailed routes in advance.  When traveling we update our S&T every night to reflect the actual travel, places we stay, etc.   We save our S&T maps from every trip.  We often reuse these maps for later trips, particularly when crossing the U.S., or use the older maps as the basis for planning new trips.

That it not to say that S&T is without problems and peculiarities.
Unfortunately it is not a major product at Microsoft so there are few, if any, periodic bug fixes, updates etc.  As far as I know they do an update only once each year and in some cases the changes have been invisible (maybe non-existent).
 Microsoft maintains a "road construction and detours" database that can be downloaded into S&T.  I have not use it a lot but it seems to be fairly well uptodate.
 Currently I am running the 2011 Version.  Guess that I will spend the $15 to get the 2013 Version.

Doug

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Re: Microsoft Streets & Trips 2013
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The thing we like about S&T is the ability to plan detailed routes in advance.  When traveling we update our S&T every night to reflect the actual travel, places we stay, etc.
Ted's data base of 16,000+ public campgrounds can be installed into S&T. That way, when your planning a trip, you can see virtually all public campgrounds along your route. S&T plus the public campground list is my primary trip planning tool.
 http://www.ultimatecampgrounds.com/uc/index.php

In addition, the Discovery Owners site has thousands more POI's you can load into S&T.
 http://www.discoveryowners.com/MS2010.htm 
ed
Re: Microsoft Streets & Trips 2013
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Yahoo Message Number: 135334
I went the laptop route for several years, using Street Atlas (yes, they used to support Macs), but nowadays I use a standalone GPS mounted on the brow of the dashboard. My main reasons for switching were 1) I got tired of swiveling my head to look down at the map display on the GPS, 2) the computer software was very difficult to control from the keyboard while driving, and 3) there was no good way to use the laptop in my car.
 Number three was really the big one for me. I spend as much time behind the wheel of my Honda Fit as I do driving my Lazy Daze, and I may visit a given place with either vehicle. I rely heavily on stored waypoints--I have the locations of laundromats, propane dealers, grocery stores and the like for every town I pass through in my travels. I need to have those waypoints at my fingertips, no matter which vehicle I'm driving.
 There isn't really room for a laptop in the Fit's cockpit... and of course there's the neck-swiveling annoyance. I hate to take my eyes off the road for any longer than I have to. I tried using two identical standalone GPSs, one per vehicle, but it was a major nuisance trying to keep the waypoints up to date on both. (And of course at map update time I faced a double expense.)
 So for me, a single Nüvi that I can move back and forth between mounting cradles in Skylark and in the Fit has proven to be the best solution. If I had a human navigator, things might be different, but as a solo traveler I haven't yet found a better solution. I will admit to flirting with the idea of using a small tablet such as a Nexus 7 or iPad Mini as a GPS... but then I'd be back to looking down at a console-mounted device. For now, I think I'll stick with the Nuvi.

Andy Baird http://www.andybaird.com/travels/
Andy Baird
2021 Ford Ranger towing 2019 Airstream 19CB
Previously: 1985 LD Twin/King "Gertie"; 2003 LD Midbath "Skylark"
Re: Microsoft Streets & Trips 2013
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Yahoo Message Number: 135336
All good points.  I need both.  Built-in nav in the car, or Garmin Nuvi for the Jeep or rent car.  However, when I am planning a long trip, and want to see and print it on a map with distances between points, the P/C map program is indispensible.  For that I normally use Street Atlas, but the price of the Streets and Trips was too good to pass up.  I will give that a try.

BTW, I absolutely love my Garmin Nuvi 1490LMT.

Dick
Re: Microsoft Streets & Trips 2013
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I bought the Streets and Trips also, thanks to who ever pointed out the price; I see amazon has now lowered their price on it too.

We mainly use two Garmins for gps a Garm